The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Reynolds seeks consistency after ‘rubbish’ result
UNITED: Tangerines ‘not good enough’ as wretched run of away form continues
Captain Mark Reynolds believes Dundee United must stop lurching from extreme to extreme after their latest “rubbish” result.
The Tangerines were shocking on Saturday as they crashed to a 4-0 loss to Queen of the South at Palmerston. There was nothing positive at all to say about a performance that rated among their worst of recent years.
It followed on from a defeat at Alloa before the international break and if you add in the loss at Ayr then it is three successive setbacks on the road.
In among all the travel sickness was a 6-0 hammering of Morton and a dramatic last-gasp win over Arbroath – both at Tannadice.
The swings and roundabouts can’t continue if United are to be crowned champions of the Championship and Reynolds knows that.
He said: “It was rubbish. It was, absolutely, not good enough. We lost four poor goals.
“For the first one, we didn’t win the first header then didn’t pick up the scraps.
“Then, every goal, we could have prevented. That is disappointing.
“We had chances and couldn’t take them but you are loathe to say anything, really, because it will look like you are making excuses and blaming this or that.
“We just weren’t good enough. We need to speak on Monday and stop it from happening”.
Captain Mark Reynolds believes Dundee United must stop lurching from extreme to extreme after their latest “rubbish” result, writes Ian Roache.
The Tangerines were shocking on Saturday as they crashed to a 4-0 loss at Palmerston.
It followed on from a defeat at Alloa before the international break and if you add in the loss at Ayr then it is three successive setbacks on the road.
In among all the travel sickness was a 6-0 hammering of Morton and a dramatic lastgasp win over Arbroath – both at Tannadice.
The swings and roundabouts can’t continue if United are to be crowned champions of the Championship and Reynolds knows that.
He said: “It was rubbish. It was, absolutely, not good enough. We lost four poor goals.
“For the first one, we didn’t win the first header then didn’t pick up the scraps. Then, every goal, we could have prevented. That is disappointing.
“We had chances and couldn’t take them but you are loathe to say anything, really, because it will look like you are making excuses and blaming this or that.
“We just weren’t good enough. We need to speak on Monday and stop it from happening.
“We are a team just now that is experiencing extremes.
“When we are good we are very good but when we are not on it we are terrible.
“If you want to win a championship you need to be better than that.”
The Tangerines, against all odds, are still sitting top of the table.
Reynolds added: “We are still top of the league but I wouldn’t say that’s a shock.
“That’s us through the first quarter with 18 points so we are not far off where we want to be. When you step back and look at it – that’s not too bad.
“At the moment, it doesn’t feel good and we should never be losing 4-0. They put us to the sword.
“We need to face up to it and find out why this is happening.”